Re: [PATCH 1/2] Introduce receive.guardCurrentBranch

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 24, 2008, 11:01 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803241200560.4353@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20080324012139.GV14567@genesis.frugalware.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Miklos Vajna wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:43:43PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > +receive.guardCurrentBranch::
> > +	If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny to update the ref that
> > +	HEAD points to, if HEAD is not detached.  This configuration
> > +	variable is set when initializing a non-bare repository.
> 
> probably i want too much, but it would be really nice if receive-pack 
> could just make HEAD detached. so that the user later can do a 'git 
> checkout -m master' to resolve possible conflicts.

As I wrote earlier, you can do that with a hook.

I do not want any official support for this, since I think it is an absolutely horrible idea. I think I said that earlier, too.

Ciao, Dscho